Body-bolster for railway-cars.



PATENTED OCT. 16

J. MGE. AMES.' BODY BOLSI'ER POR RAILWAYGARS.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 6, 1906.

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J. MGE. AMES.

BODY BOLSTBR POR RAILWAY GARS.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 6, 1906.`

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J. MOB. AMES.

BODY BOLSTER FOR RAILWAY GARS.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 6, 1906.

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J. MGB. AMES.

BODY BOLSTER FOR RAILWAY GARS.

APPLIGMIOLr ULEB JAN.6,1906.

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JOHN MGE. AMES, OF lNEW BRIGHTON, NEW YORK.

BODY-BOLSTER FOR RAILWAY-CARS.

Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 16, 1906.

T all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, JOHN MGE. AMES, a citizen ofthe United States, and a resident of New Brighton, in the county of Richmond and State of New York, have invented cerain new and useful Improvements in Body- Bolsters for Railway-Cars, of which the following is a specification.

-The invention relates to improvements in body-bolsters for railway-cars; and it consists in the novel features and construction hereinafter described, and particularlypointed out in the claims.

The object-of the invention is to provide a bolster composed of separable parts capable.

of convenient removal from and application to the car-body without disturbing the structural features of the latter.

The invention will befully understood from the detailed descriptionhereinafter presented, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a top view of one-half of a bodybolster constructed in accordance with and embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of same, the structural features of the car present being shown in transverse section. Fig. 3 is a detached view of one end of the bolster. Fig. l4 is a detached top view of a top plate for connecting the main members of the bolster together. Fig. 5 is a transverse section of same on the dotted line 5 5 of Fig. 4. Fig. 6 is a side elevation of the complete bolster, the structural features of the car present being shown in transverse section. Fig. 7 is a detached side view of one of the end members of the bolster. Fig. 8 is an enlarged detached side view of a center plate and center-sill filler forming a part or member of the bolster. same.

Fig. 9 is a bottom view of Fig. 10 is a vertical transverse section of same on the dotted line 10 10 of Fig. 9 and Figs. 11, 12and 13 are perspective views of a portion of the middle part of the bolster and illustrate several modifications which may bemade in the construction thereof, and particularly as to the manner of connecting the top or tie plate with the main members ofthe bolster.

In the drawings, 10 designates thetwo main members of the bolster; 11, the top connecting-plate; 12, a frame aifordin the center plate and center-sill filler, and13 posed between the center sills 14 andadjacentends of the bolster members 10.

The structural features of the car shown 1ers inter- Y are the center sills 14, the plate 15 upon said sills, and the side sills or members 16, and these specified features are usual irl car constructions and require no special description.

The main members 10, which are ofcast metal, correspond with each other in form and construction and each comprises a central vertical web 17, oppositely-extending top flanges 18, oppositely extending bottom flanges 19, oppositely-extending outer-end flanges 20, and oppositely-extending innerend flanges 21.

The top plate 11 connects or ties together the inner ends of the bolster members 10, and said plate 11 is preferably of cast metal and formed on its top with a longitudinal broad rib 22 and depending brackets 23 to receive the car-timbers. The ends of the plate 11 ma be secured by rivets 24 to the top flanges f the bolster members 10, as shown in Fig. 1, said flanges broadening out adjacent to their inner ends and effectually supporting said plate. As a further means for rendering the purposes of the plate 11 efficient the bolster members 10 maybe formed with upwardlyextending lugs 25 to enter corresponding vertical openings 26 in the ends of the top plate 11, whereby said plate and members become shouldered against each other in line with the length of the bolster and resist any longitudinal strains tending to separate them. The plate 11 extends directly across the plate 15 and bridges the space between the inner separated ends of the bolster members 10.

The center plate and center-sill filler 12 are in the form of a cast frame (shown in detail in Figs. 8, 9, and l0) and comprising a centerbearing 27, a horizontal plate 28, and vertical transverse plates 29, connected by webs and apertured to receive securing-rivets. The plates 29 fit in between and engage the center sills 14, `and the plate 28 is in engagement with the lower edges of said sills and at its ends enters recesses 31, formed in the lower inner corners of the bolster members 10, the ends of said plate 28 being secured in said recesses and to said members 10 by means of rivets 32. Between the innerends of the bolster members 10 and the adjacent vertical walls' of the center sills 14 are iillingieces 13 of usual character. Theinner en s of the bolster memberslO, fillers 13, sills 14, and lates 29 are secured together by rivets 33. lie-outer ends of the bolster members 10 are secured by rivets 34 within the side car-sills 1 6.

In removing the bolster from 'a car-body IOO IIC

the rivets 24, 32, 33, and 34, securing the parts of the bolster together and to said body, will be cut and removed, and thereupon the center plate and center-sill filler-frame .12 may be'drawn downwardly, the filling-pieces 13 removed, and the members 10 turned downwardly at their inner ends and withdrawn from the side sills 16, the car-body bein left unimpaired. The bolster or a new bo ster of like .character may be restored or applied to the car-body by returning the members 410 to position, insertin the fillers 13, applying the center plate an center-sill lling-frame 1 2, and riveting the parts together and to the sills 14 16.

I do not limit the invention to the details of form and construction hereinbefore s ecifioally described, because I am Aaware t at changes Ina be made in the construction presented, without departing from the spirit of my invention.

As .an illustration of modifications that may be .made in the bolster I refer to Figs. 1 1 12and 13, which illustrate modified forms of the upper tie-plate 11. In Fig. 11 the tieplate 11 is illustrated as seated against shoulders 35, formed at opposite sides ofthe bolster member 10. The shoulders 35 resist any tendenc of the bolster members 1() to separate un er longitudinal strains from the plate 11 and also prevent any swiveling action of the bolster members at their points of connection with said tie-plate 11. illustrate the tie-plate 1l as in the -form of a lin-k Aand engaging upwardly-extending rojections 36, formed on the bolster mem ers 10, Said projections 36 affording means for shouldering the members 10 against the plate 1 1 and` being a substitute for the shoulders 35. (Illustrated in Fig. l 1 trate the brackets 23 as cast with the bolster member 10 instead of 4-with the tie-plate 11.

bers, and a plate-connectin the inner ends of said members below said si ls and at its ends In Fig. 12 I.

In Fig. 12 I also illusg set into recesses therein; substantially as set forth.

2. A car-bolster comprising separable main members at opposite sides of the center sills, means above said sills connecting said members, a filler-frame between said sills and affording a center-hearing, fillers between the vinner ends of said members and s aid sills, and

means securing said frame, sills, fillers and inner ends of said members; substantially as set forth.

3. A car-bolster comprising main members at opposite sides of the center sills, a plate above said sills connecting said meiners and engaging shoulders thereon, and a connecting-plate below said sills'engaging recesses in the inner ends of said members substantially as set forth.

4. A car-bolster comprising main members at opposite sides of the center sills, a plate above said sills-having open portions whose side and outer-end walls .engage shoulders on said members, and means spanning the space between said sills and connecting the inner ends of said members; substantially as set forth.

5. A canbolster comprising main members at opposite sides of the center sills, a plate `abovesaid sills having openings therein engaging vertical projections on said `members, and means spanning the space between' said4 sills and connecting the inn-er ends of 4 said members; substantially as set forth.

6. A car-bolster comprismg separable main members at opposite sldes of the center sills, a plate above said sills connect` the inner ends of said members and havingIlLIie depending brackets at op osite sides of its ends, and means spanning tiiespace between said sills and connectingthe inner ends of said members; substantially as set forth. 7. A car-bolster comprising separable main members at opposite sldes of the center sills, means above said sills connecting said members, and means spanning the ,space between said sills and connecting the inner ends of said members substantially as .set forth.

Signed at New York city, in the county .of -N ew York and State of New York, 'this 4th day of January, A. D. 1906.

` JOHN MCE. AMES.

'Witnesses: y

ARTHUR MARION, CHAs. C. GILL. 

